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Gaten Matarazzo Got Real About The End Of “Stranger Things” And His Career Fears, And I Get It
Gaten Matarazzo Got Real About The End Of "Stranger Things" And His Career Fears, And I Get It,"It's something that's so important to all of us and has just been essential to the growth that I've had over all of my teenage years into my 20s. It's the defining aspect of the past 10 years of my life, practically the past decade."

Gaten Matarazzo Got Real About The End Of “Stranger Things” And His Career Fears, And I Get It

There are three inevitabilities in life: death, taxes, and the end of Stranger Things.


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“There’s kind of an excitement there because you always want to wrap it up and see how these characters are going to finally develop one last time, and how they’re going to finish their journeys,” he said, before elaborating on the darker side of his concerns.

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“There’s, like, a deep fear,” he said. “Not only has it been amazing, but it’s been pretty great job security for a while. Back to freelance.”

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Basically, it sounds like Gaten is worried about where his career will go after Stranger Things, as well as grappling with the general nature of finality itself — which, very understandable. Hey, there’s always Broadway, though!

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Watch the whole interview here.